The presentation based on the accreditation of teacher education programme. This discussion is divided in three parts. First, the general introduction of accreditation programme, second the global practices and third in the Context of Pakistan. Specifically describe the role of NACTE and the process of accreditation. This was presented in the seminar on 'Emerging Trend in Teacher Education'.

1. ACCREDITATION
OF
TEACHER EDUCATION
PROGRAMMES
By
Sadia Naz
PhD Scholar
Registration No. 146-FSS/PHDEDU/S-18

2. Introduction

3. Accreditation of Teacher Education
Programme
Accreditation in teacher education
programme is a system for ensuring the
quality of academic programmes offered
and graduates produced by teacher
education institution.

4. How it initiated in Pakistan?
• Reviewed international practices of teacher
education programme accredititation
• Consultation with all the partners stakeholders
• Pilot tested in 43 programmes in all over the
country
• National Professional Standards were used as a
basis for ensuring the quality of teacher.

5. Accredititation Standards
1. Conceptual framework, Mission, Vision,
Programmes goals and Objectives
2. Curriculum and Instruction
3. Assessment and Evaluation System
4. Physical Infrastructure, physical facilities and
learning resources
5. Human Resources
6. Finance and Management
7. Research and Scholarship
8. Community links and outreach

6. Indicator- 1
Standard
Element- N
Element -1 Indicator- 2
Indicator- 1
Indicator - 2
Indicator -N
Indicator- N
Total 152
Indicators

7. Standards Elements Indicators
1 2 6
2 5 35
3 4 29
4 3 19
5 5 20
6 3 28
7 2 9
8 2 6

8. NACTE
• Established in 2007
• Council members
– Chairperson
– Vice chairperson
– Sectary of the Education of the Federal
government or his nominee
– Provincial Sectaries of Education or his Nominee
– Six representative from universities (one from
each province)

9. • One renowned teacher educator
• One foreign expert
• Two representative from private institution
• Representative of planning commission
• Director general of training , HEC

10. Total number of the members
20
20

11. Accreditation Process
Accreditation
Internal Evaluation External Evaluation
_ Accreditation council
NACTE

12. Participants of External Evaluation
• The intuitional stakeholders
• The external Stakeholders
• The external evaluation team

13. 29 Documents for Analysis
1. Conceptual framework of the
programe
2. Description of the programe
3. Program curriculum
4. Self evaluation report
5. Programmes improvement plan
6. Programme assessment record

14. 7. Programmes improvement plan
8. Programme assessment record
9. Record of the programme
population
10.Staff/ faculty meeting file
11.Budget and expenditure
12.Internal education efficiency
13.Teaching practice and internship
file

15. 14. Annual programe calendar
15. Discipline record
16. Programmes rules and regulations
17. CPD of teacher educators
18. Admission policy
19. Requirement of the award of degree

16. 20.Support services
21.Programe monitoring file
22.Teaching learning materials and
activities
23.Community operations and activities
24.Programe dissemination
25.Library improvement

17. 26.Dissemination of funding
opportunities
27.Status of the infrastructure
28.Curriculum revision report
29.Humane resource policy and record

18. Step Time line Activity
1 Month 1 Institution submit their accreditation application
with fee
2 With in 15 days of step 1 NACTE provides the institution
a. Templates for document analysis
b. Self evaluation report
3 Within 30 days after step 2 Completion and submission of
Set of 29 documents
Self evaluation report
Programme performance Profile (PPP)
4 Within 30 days after step 3 NACTE verifies the documents submitted by the
institution
5 Within 10 days after step 4 NACTE
Identifies the visiting team
Communicate the visiting dates
Issue letter to the team and institution
6 Within 15 days after step 4 NACTE send all documents to the external
evaluators for analysis

19. 7 Within 10 days after step 6 If necessary, NACTE provides additional
information to the evaluators
8 Prior to the visit Team revise the gridlines before the visit
9 Opening session Team decide visit activities, administration of
tool and collection of data
10 Exit conference Sharing report to the institution and other
stakeholders for feedback and for removal of
factual error
Institute may submit their objection if any with
in a day, if not it Assumed that institute agreed
to the observation
11 Post session Finalization of report
12 Within 15 days of the visit Submission of report to the NACTE

20. 13 Within 30 days after
step 12
Verification, completion and
correction of data
14 Within 45 days after step 12 Data entry and data analysis
15 In the coming meeting
of the council
Presentation of data and decision
on the accreditation status of the
institute
16 Within 10 days of step 16 Communicate the decision to the
institute, within 10 days of
objection time
17 After 30 days of receiving
the appeal
Decision on the appeal
18 After step 16 and 17 Disseminate the accreditation
results through e and print
media

21. Four Levels of Accredited Status
Accredited Level I
Accredited Level II
Accredited Level II
Accredited Level IV
Z
Y
X
W

22. How to decides these levels
Accreditation
level
Pre Requisites Requisites Total
Z 6 from S1, 2/35
from S2
No 8
Y Another specified
two of S2, one of S3,
six of S4, one of S5,
Three of S6, one of
S8
14 + 8 =22
Pre requisite of Level Z
Any 8 indicators of S2
other indicator other
than
Any 5 indicators of S2
other than pre
requisites
13 22 + 13=
35

23. X Another specified 3 of
S2,
one of S3, one of S4,
2 of S5, one of S8
8
8+14 +8 = 30
Pre requisites for
level Y, Z
Any 15 of S2
8 of S3, 3 of S4
7 of S5 , 3 of S6,
2 of S7, 1 of S8
39
30+39= 69
W
Another specified two
of S4,
3 of S6, one of S7,
Pre requisites of X,
Y, Z
Any 20 of S2, 10 of
S3,

24. Conclusion
HEC
STANDARDSACCREDITATION
NACTE

25. THANKS